The Silliman profile picture

The Silliman

I am here for Networking

About Me

Humor columnist with columns "Custom Comedy Shoppe" over 200 columns and "Silliman on Sports" with a weekly cartoon (over 400 columns and cartoons). Comedy writer who has written for feature and headlining comics nationwide, cartoonists, roasts and special assignments. Some of my song parodies have appeared on radio.Have written 6000 jokes, 6 books, 650 columns, 700 cartoons. Our cartoon-humorous poetry book "The News in Double Dactyls" won Award as the Oklahoma Best Book of Poetry in 2002. I am constantly researching world-wide for the weird and the strange in the world of sports.Former athlete who was on a state championship team in baseball and basketball. Also played football and track. College golf. Bowling and racquetball.Offers several types of comedy shows and humor presentations, anywhere from 15 to 90 minutes including overhead projections, power-point, and audience participation. Hosted two jazz festivals, Search for America's Funniest Mom and many other comedy events. Over the years since the late 80's I have opened for many diverse comedians such as Argus Hamilton, Pat Paulsen, O'Brien and Valdez, Rodney Harrington, and Kenny Rogerson. Am always seeking corperate events where they want a comedian with a thorough knowledge of the business world and a humorous slant on the sports world and how both worlds collide.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bill Cosby, Billy Crystal, Jon Stewart

My Blog

Mike on USA Today video

Hey guys, My cartoonist buddy Mike Krawczyk won two gold medals in swimming at the Veterans Golden Games. TWO gold medals in 25 and 50 meter freestyle, a repeat of last year. Hooray for Mike. Here's a...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:22:00 GMT

I'm on TV Feb 26 12 to 1 pm

I'll be making an appearance on the Oklahoma Travel.net show on Cox Channel 7 this ThursdayBrent Skarky hosts the show. Some of you may know Brent as the Fox Sports guy and he also does the Oklahoma C...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:45:00 GMT

The movie DOUBT

My wife is obsessed with movie "DOUBT". She has been reading reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and disagreeing with the reviews. Her retort is in this blog: What DOUBT Is About. I doubt that very many of the...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:15:00 GMT

My 40th Wedding Anniversery

I've been married 40 years to the most wonderful lady - the "O" - and my daughter is throwing us a great 40th Anniversery party in New York City. As an invitation she mixed in a slideshow of 40 years ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Buying someone as a pet?

Everyday someone on myspace buys someone else as a pet. What's that all about? Is it fun? How about if I bought someone as a slave? Sounds stupid to me and probably some kind of a scam with a virus. I...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:00 GMT

The NONzine March 7th

March 7th issue Another great NONzine issue just hit the newstand... and it's FREE! (It's always free, I just like excuses to tap my exclamation point key!!!) This one has a Star Trek painting on...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:02:00 GMT

3 Hours in the Witness Chair

It was middle of February. I got upon the hotseat in district court during a real estate civil suit to which I was a party. No nonsense judge. Our side won, their side sux. Two things I...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:05:00 GMT

The NONzine Feb 22

Pick up a new copy of the NONzine, the Feb 22nd issue, if you haven't already.I like this issue and not because my column is in it on page 28 on a FULL PAGE! No!! There are other good things in this i...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Going up the Peehole

Oh, the joys of being old and having a prostate the size of a grapefruit. Wait, that's not the fun part. On my "routine" visit to my urologist Monday, the one where I thought I was going to do anothe...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:10:00 GMT

If I were a Martian Part 2

Here's another thing, if I were a Martian, I'd be pissed about. The way earthlings define things. For instance: When Earth sends a spacecraft to Mars, it's a PROBE! When Mars sends a spacecraft to Ear...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:24:00 GMT